Driving Directions to the home of Howard and Mary Busbee

Directions to the home of Howard and Mary Busbee – The Busbees’ home is at 721 College Terrace in Williamsburg, on the corner of College Terrace and Brooks Street, two blocks west of the Alumni House. From College Corner (“Jockey Corner” or “Confusion Corner”) travel west on Richmond Road 6/10 mile and turn left on Dillard Street. Go one block and turn right onto College Terrace. The Busbees’ home is at the end of the block. Even though signs indicate that parking is restricted, arrangements have been made for you to park in the neighborhood.

Driving Directions to the home of Babs Dunaway Bowers

Re-Echo

As part of your 50th Reunion celebration, the William & Mary Alumni Association will publish an online edition of the Colonial Re-Echo, a yearbook that answers the age-old question, “Where are they now?”

Your classmates will want to know what you’ve been up to, so please take a few minutes to submit your re-echo form online and upload a current photograph if you have one.

If you would like a printed version of the Re-Echo, it may be ordered using the registration form on the 50th Reunion invitation, which will be sent to you in February 2015.

Accommodations

Hotel accommodations are available at the Williamsburg Lodge and Fairfield Inn and Suites. Special rates are available at these locations as well as other Colonial Williamsburg properties.

Williamsburg Lodge

To make reservations please call 800.261.9530 and use booking code 32128. The price of a Superior room is $189 and the price of a Deluxe room is $209. Reservations can be made Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm.

Fairfield Inn and Suites

To make reservations, please call 757.654.3600 or toll free at 888.236.2427 and use the booking code WMR. The price of a room is $109. To make online reservations, please click here. You have until April 2nd to book at this location.

Parking Information

Parking will be available around the Alumni House for the duration of the reunion weekend. Information about parking near event venues will be available soon. Please check back soon

Class of 1965 Project: Alumni House Expansion

As the sixth oldest alumni association in the nation, the William & Mary Alumni Association is focused on fostering the lifelong relationships and culture of engagement alumni have with their alma mater. By expanding the Alumni House, the Alumni Association will gain the much needed capacity to ensure that members of the class of 1965 and all alumni will have a warm and welcoming environment in which to renew friendships and forge new bonds when they return to their lifelong campus home.

In 1995 there were 53,000 alumni and that number has grown to over 92,500 today. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be 108,500 W&M alumni. Plans call for the addition of new meeting spaces, the largest with a capacity for up to 300 people; a business center; gathering spaces for visiting alumni; a catering area; and a new entrance with an expanded reception area to better accommodate our growing alumni body. A dedicated room will feature William & Mary’s history and a display of memorabilia. The Alumni House also will support expanded programing for alumni, students and the William & Mary community. With new and larger spaces, the Alumni House will be a key location for starting the lifelong engagement with students while they are still on campus. The Alumni House will serve as the western gateway to campus and as a visible statement of the importance of alumni to the College.

Current plans estimate the cost of the project to be $8 million. In addition, the Alumni Association is seeking to establish a $2 million building maintenance endowment that will ensure the new facility stands in excellent condition to serve the William & Mary’s growing alumni community for the long term.

The Class of 1965 is taking a leadership role in helping to raise funds for the expansion of the Alumni House by designating it as the class’s 50th reunion project. In recognition of our class gift project, a prominent space in the expanded facility will carry the Class of 1965’s name. Please show your support for the expansion of the Alumni House in ways that others will hear the thunder of our chorus – alma mater hail!

About the Olde Guarde

The Olde Guarde of Their Majesties' Royal Colledge in Virginia is comprised of all alumni whose identified class has celebrated its fiftieth reunion and is part of the Alumni Association of the College of William & Mary. They are dedicated to preserving the heritage of the College of advocating its advancement and reputation among the nation's institutions of higher learning.

Through social, service and educational programs they endeavor to promote among our membership the welfare and support of the W&M Alumni Association. They plan activities, events and projects as opportunities for members to assist in enhancing the life of our alma mater.

Each year the Olde Guarde hosts a variety of activities from the Olde Guarde Celebration (celebrating 55th, 60th, 65th, 70th and 75th reunions), Olde Guarde Day (an annual gathering for all members) as well as an Olde Guarde Luncheon during Homecoming and a float in the homecoming parade. If you have any questions or want to learn more, please visit the Olde Guarde facebook page here or email the Office of Alumni Events at alumni.events@wm.edu

Registration

Reunion of a Lifetime Events

Plan to come back home to spend time with old friends, make some new ones, and rekindle your love for your alma mater. Do not miss this special opportunity, one that is impossible to describe - the reunion of a lifetime!

Friday, May 1

Reconnect with classmates

1 - 3 p.m.

Registration and Barbecue picnicAlumni House Lawn

3 - 5:00 p.m.

Academic SymposiumTidewater Rooms, Sadler Center

6 - 8 p.m.

Welcome ReceptionWren Building

On Friday from 1-3 p.m. we will register and enjoy a barbecue picnic luncheon on the front lawn of the Alumni House. Following lunch, the afternoon gives way to Academic Symposiums which will allow attendees the opportunity to learn about new and innovative teaching at William & Mary. Friday evening we will gather for a Welcome Reception at our beloved Wren Building to rekindle old friendships and make new ones.

Saturday, May 2

Enjoy an event filled day

8 - 10:30 a.m.

Saturday Breakfast and Student PanelSadler Center

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Guided Bus Tour of the Campusleaves from Sadler Center

12 - 2 p.m.

Gift Presentation Luncheon with President ReveleyTrinkle Hall

2 - 5 p.m.

Free Time

5 p.m.

50th Reunion Cocktail ReceptionRaymond A. Mason School of Business

6:30 p.m.

50th Reunion Dinner and DancingRaymond A. Mason School of Business

Saturday will begin at 8 a.m. with a full breakfast in Sadler Center, followed by a student panel. The students will talk about life on campus today and ask us about life on campus during the 60's. After the student panel, buses will wind through the old and new campus giving participants a view of the transformation of the College over the past five decades. The tour will end at Trinkle Hall where a gourmet lunch will be served at noon. During lunch the class will unveil its gift to the College and present the check to President W. Taylor Reveley III.

Saturday evening will be filled with dinner, drinks and dancing. We will gather in the grand foyer of the spectacular Raymond A. Mason School of Business where we will enjoy the beauty of the one of the newer buildings on campus while sipping on one of your favorite drinks and mingling with friends. After the reception we will dine in the lovely Brinkley Commons Room before celebrating the night while dancing to the sounds of the Mystic Soul Bubba's, a popular Virginia band specializing in music from the 60's and 70's.

Sunday, May 3

Caps and Gowns - Inductions and Remembrance

8 - 9 a.m.

Coffee and BagelsAlumni House

9:30 - 11 a.m.

Olde Guarde Induction and Service of RemembranceWren Yard

Noon

LuncheonAt the home of Babs Dunaway Bowers

5 p.m.

Closing Cocktail PartyAt the home of Howard Busbee

6:30 p.m.

Olde Guarde Celebration DinnerSchool of Education

As they say, you save the best for last and our last day will begin in the morning collecting caps and gowns at the Alumni House before boarding buses to the Wren Yard. There, you will process into the Yard as a class while remembering your graduation day. On the occasion of your 50th Reunion you will be inducted into The Olde Guarde of Their Majesties' Royall Colledge in Virginia and honor classmates in a service of remembrance. Beneath the trees and surrounded by the beauty of the Wren Building you will be transported back to the days you walked this campus every day. This special experience is sure to be the highlight of this weekend.

After a class photo in the courtyard, you are invited to travel to the home of Babs Dunaway Bowers for an afternoon luncheon. Sunday evening we will gather once again to raise a toast to one another and our beloved college at the home of Howard Busbee. This cocktail hour will be the end of our 50th Reunion and the beginning of the journey into The Olde Guarde.

Members of the Class of 1965 and guests are encouraged to join those who graduated 55, 60, 65 and 70 years ago at the Olde Guarde Celebration Dinner at the School of Education.

Monday, May 4

Olde Guarde Day

10 - 11 a.m.

Guest SpeakerSadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium

11 a.m. - Noon

Bloody Mary ReceptionSadler Center, Tidewater Rooms

Noon

LuncheonSadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms

Monday will begin with a guest speaker from the College's administration. Learn more about the campus and the topics that are alive and innovative. From 11 – noon enjoy a Bloody Mary Reception and catch up with fellow alumni who graduated before you. Over lunch you will gather with more than 200 members of the Olde Guarde as President Reveley gives a state of the College to the audience.